Grivola Explained

Grivola
Elevation M:	3969
Prominence M:	714
Prominence Ref:	^[1]
Listing:	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Map:	Italy
Location:	Aosta Valley, Italy
Range:	Graian Alps
Coordinates:	45.5967°N 7.2644°W
First Ascent:	1859 by Ormsby, Bruce, Ambrogio Dayné, Cachat and Tairraz
Easiest Route:	From Col Lauson (3,296 m)

The Grivola (3,969 m) is a mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy. It lies between the Valsavarenche and the Cogne Valley.

Etymology

Grivola was named in different ways in the past:

• Pic de Cogne
• Grivolet
• Bec de Grivola
• Aiguille de Grivola

"Grivola" firstly appeared in 1845. Giuseppe Giacosa says it comes from Valdôtain griva, meaning song thrush^[2] (French: grive). Joseph-Marie Henry indicated grivoline (French: grivoise), a pretty young girl, as for Jungfrau.^[3] Paul-Louis Rousset says that the origin is gri in Valgrisenche Valdôtain, meaning "loose stones".^[4]

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain is classified in the following way:^[5]

• main part = Western Alps
• major sector = North-Western Alps
• section = Graian Alps
• subsection = North-eastern Graian Alps
• supergroup = Catena del Gran Paradiso
• group = Gruppo Grivola-Gran Serra
• subgroup = Sottogruppo della Grivola
• code = I/B-7.IV-A.3.b

Huts

• Rifugio Federico Chabod (2,750 m)
• Bivacco Luciano Gratton (3,198 m)
• Bivacco Mario Balzola (3,477 m)
• Bivacco Mario Gontier (2,309 m)
• Rifugio Vittorio Emanuele II (2,732 m)
• Rifugio Vittorio Sella (2,588 m)^[6]

See also

• List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m

Maps

• Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
• I.G.C. (Istituto Geografico Centrale) - Carta dei sentieri e dei rifugi 1:50.000 scale n.3 Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso and 1:25.000 n.101 Gran Paradiso, La Grivola, Cogne

External links

• Grivola on SummitPost
• Grivola on Camptocamp

Notes and References

1. 9947 . Grivola, Italy.
2. Chissà perché si chiamano così, Tipografia Duc, Saint-Christophe, 2011, p. 118.
3. [Joseph-Marie Henry]
4. Paul-Louis Rousset, Ipotesi sulle radici preindoeuropee dei toponimi alpini, ed. Priuli & Verlucca, 1991, p. 62.
5. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Priuli & Verlucca . 2005 . Italian . 113 . 978-88-8068-273-8 .
6. http://www.rifugiosella.com/indexinveng.html www.rifugiosella.com